The best Chadwick Boseman’s drama movies

Chadwick Boseman

Chadwick Boseman

29/11/1976- 28/08/2020
Chadwick Boseman was an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter hailing from Anderson, South Carolina. He graduated from Howard University and went on to study at the British American Dramatic Academy in Oxford.  Boseman's play "Deep Azure" was nominated for a 2006 Joseph Jefferson Award for New Work.  His breakout role was playing the lead Jackie Robinson in 2013's 42. Boseman was best remembered for portraying T’Challa/Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He has portrayed the character in Captain America: Civil War (2016), Black Panther (2018), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019).
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21 Bridges

21 Bridges
6.6/10
An embattled NYPD detective, is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy. As the night unfolds, lines become blurred on who he is pursuing, and who is in pursuit of him.

Draft Day

Draft Day
6.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 11/04/2014
  • Character: Vontae Mack
At the NFL Draft, general manager Sonny Weaver has the opportunity to rebuild his team when he trades for the number one pick. He must decide what he's willing to sacrifice on a life-changing day for a few hundred young men with NFL dreams.

42

42
7.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 12/04/2013
  • Character: Jackie Robinson
The powerful story of Jackie Robinson, the legendary baseball player who broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he joined the roster of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The film follows the innovative Dodgers’ general manager Branch Rickey, the MLB executive who first signed Robinson to the minors and then helped to bring him up to the show.

Marshall

Marshall
7.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 13/10/2017
  • Character: Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, battles through one of his career-defining cases.

Da 5 Bloods

Da 5 Bloods
6.5/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 12/06/2020
  • Character: Stormin' Norman
Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and the promise of buried treasure. These heroes battle forces of humanity and nature while confronted by the lasting ravages of the immorality of the Vietnam War.

Get on Up

Get on Up
6.9/10
  • Genre: DramaMusic
  • Release: 01/08/2014
  • Character: James Brown
A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.

The Express

The Express
7.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 10/10/2008
  • Character: Floyd Little
Based on the incredible true story, The Express follows the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
6.9/10
  • Genre: DramaMusic
  • Release: 25/11/2020
  • Character: Levee Green
Tensions rise when the trailblazing Mother of the Blues and her band gather at a Chicago recording studio in 1927. Adapted from August Wilson's play.

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